Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
None of us can see 100% of the picture.
All I know is I was finally able to finish my room in my FC's house because almost everything was under 80k, even that new dragon statue item.
What items are you finding that are being aggressively monopolized?
in every instance where the bot puts an item up if there are no other items up there, the typical pricing for exarchic gear is about 500k. so bot A goes up at 500,000 gil. Bot B will place at 499,999 gil. I will let you determine how long that takes to drop to a reasonable price range without actual players another scenario is someone has something up with 5 materia, lets say for 700k. does a bot list for 500? nope, 699,999 gil. so not seeing any player benefit there.

as for competition returning... this is just for me anyway, if I leave the market... I dont check the market. chances are good that any "competition" returning, is going to use a bot so, bottom line is, you lose the real crafters who actually play.

the ONLY people the botters wish to benefit are themselves. plain and simple. they dont give a lala's behind about whats best for any player, just them. as long as they can get the gil, and sell for real money, they dont care about the game, people who play.. anything. they are there only for real dollars, not to help anyone but themselves.

as for monopolization.. I am not sure how much you actually do on the market, or if you check a lot, but having the same crafter with items up down to the upper 50's in some cases, one in each category, sounds like pretty aggressive monopolization of any and all gear purchases.